Creators: Students from ARD3480 Course: Video: Sound + Image (Tames) We put together clips of the three groups of students micro-documentaries together to showcase a bit about each partnership and the process of putting them together….
Tag: Video
The Intersection of Music and Climate Change
Creator: Camden Dean Course: 3351 Music and Social Justice This artifact contains a presentation narrated by a student who researched the intersection of music and climate change. She will be submitting her research and conclusions with a local city counselor in order to improve sustainability of local venues. While this was not a direct S-L…
Apprentice Learning: Launch+
Creators: Cory Luk, Ian McLaughlin, Jennifer Adisoetjahya Course: Information Presentation & Visualization (Borkin) Our artifact is a video showing the visualization we created for our community partner, Apprentice Learning. At the beginning of the semester, Apprentice Learning communicated that they wanted to visualize the impact they have had on their students. We analyzed our data,…
How Have MCAS and NAEP Math Scores Evolved Over Time for Boston Public Schools?
Creators: Dean Patel, Qi Li, & Taoli Zhao Course: Information Presentation & Visualization (Borkin) This artifact is a website to help Bridge To Calculus demonstrate to its funders the need to address a growing math skills gap between demographic groups in Boston Public Schools. It includes an interactive-web visualization created using D3 to use MCAS…
Traffic Along Massachusetts Avenue
Creators: Hannah Lauterwasser, Ryan Dombrowski, Bartosz Mamro Course: Information Presentation & Visualization (Borkin) Chester Square Neighbors is an organization working in the Chester Square neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Chester Square Neighbors works closely with the city of Boston, the residents of the area, and the surrounding businesses in order to develop plans to improve quality…
My Experience with LifeBoat
Creator: Charlie Mazzei Course: First-Year Writing (Garrett) Charlie made an “animated” video presentation about the experience of service-learning with LifeBoat Boston as part of the First-Year Writing course….
How to Do Your Part Reducing Food Waste and Insecurity
Creators: Michael Long, Elijah Muraoka, Kyler Psenka Course: First-Year Writing (Garrett) This video details the SNAP program and how community gardens and composting can fill any gaps that the SNAP program cannot fill, and how community members can play their part in the fight against food waste. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dreS3hVWX8Y…
LEGO Robotics Programming
Creators: Students from GE1501/1502 Course: Cornerstones of Engineering (Freeman) This semester, our service looked a little bit different because we weren’t able to go in person to many of our service sites as initially planned. Most students learned the ins and outs of our new LEGO robots in small groups that met on campus, and…
Bridge to Calculus Summer Program Impact on Students
Creators: Laetitia Gazay, Elizabeth Ronan, & Kelly Ward Course: Information Presentation & Visualization (Borkin) Our motivation for this project was to create useful data visualizations for the organization Bridge to Calculus (BtC). Bridge to Calculus is a Northeastern based organization that aims to prepare students for advanced math classes through a six week summer program…
Visualizing Chester Square Community Demographics
Creators: Emily Dinh, Elizabeth LeBlanc, Jiawen Liu Course: Information Presentation & Visualization (Borkin) This artifact contains Census data visualizations for the Chester Square Community along Massachusetts Avenue. In consultation with the community board members, we were able to provide insights into subsidized housing, property types, property values, and race distribution. This project is planned to…